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The Marion Red Sox were a minor league baseball team that existed from 1949 to 1951. Affiliated with the
Boston Red Sox The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston. The Red Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League East, East Division. Founded in as one of the Ameri ...
, they played in the
Ohio–Indiana League The Ohio–Indiana League was a Class D level minor league baseball league that operated from 1948 to 1951. The league was composed of six teams from Ohio and two teams from Indiana. The Marion Red Sox won three consecutive league championship ...
in
Marion, Ohio Marion is a city in Marion County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. It is located in north-central Ohio, approximately north of Columbus, Ohio, Columbus. The population was 35,999 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, down slig ...
. In 1949, they were managed by Wally Millies and went 74-63, finishing fourth in the league overall. They went 91-49 in 1950, under the guidance of George Susce and Elmer Yoter, and 1951 they went 91-37 for a first-place finish under the guidance of Yoter. They won the Ohio–Indiana League championship in 1950 and 1951. The team played their home games at
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